Come join us for Home Brewed ! Featuring Regina’s own Steve Kaldestad on saxophone, this is a true celebration of some of Regina’s fantastic homegrown talent.

Steve Kaldestad (M.Mus., McGill University, 2000) is a jazz saxophonist and the academic coordinator of the Jazz Studies program at Capilano University.

Originally from the prairies, Kaldestad spent the 1990s studying and performing in Montreal, obtaining his Bachelors and Masters degrees from McGill University. During this time, he was awarded a Quebec Arts Council grant to study with the legendary Lee Konitz in New York.

Based in Vancouver since 2008, Kaldestad has become one of the most in-demand saxophonists on the jazz scene, performing as a sideman with the Dan Brubeck Quartet, Jodi Proznick's Quartet, the Jill Townsend Jazz Orchestra and various other musical projects. He has released three CDs under his own name on the Cellar Live label to great acclaim, including Straight Up featuring the Mike LeDonne Trio and his newest release, New York Afternoon with the Renee Rosnes Trio.

Kaldestad is a D'addario Artist and plays Select Jazz reeds on all of his saxophones.